Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 19:42:16 -0400 From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com> To: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bridge? Message-ID: <3B69E558.2C2C107C@home.com> References: <3B69300A.3EC4C67E@home.com> <3B697F99.D179CA84@home.com> <005c01c11b7d$e85ee680$524c8486@jking>
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Jim King wrote: > > "Ted Sikora" <tsikora@home.com> wrote > > Ted Sikora wrote: > > > > > > I have stable on both cable and dsl. The following message (rpc.statd: > > > invalid hostname to sm_stat: ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^) > > > has been a mainstay in stable for some time. I have 2 nic cards in the > > > machines. Do I need the 'options BRIDGE' in the kernel? I just set up a > > > firewall and that did not eliminate the messages. > > > > > > > That was it. I guess the Bridge option is needed with cable and dsl > > modems. > > I have a FreeBSD box with two NICs acting as a NAT gateway to my DSL > connection. I do not use 'options BRIDGE' and it works fine. > > The message above looks like somebody was trying to hack you. Maybe a > portmapper attack? Could be but I doubt it. It was always in my /etc/messages for months on end in several machines all -stable. As soon as I added the Bridge option to the kernel this morning it disappeared. I just ran nmap myself to see if that would cause it.. nothing. I don't know?? but I'm glad it's gone. Seems more like it was an arp/rarp problem with the modems(acting like a bridge/router) to me now. -- Ted Sikora tsikora@ntplx.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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